A North Carolina woman has penned a book detailing the aftermath of a car accident that killed her husband and very nearly killed her son, the latter of whom maintains he went to heaven before being revived (video below).

Landon Whitley was 8 years old when the crash occurred in October 1997. He was technically dead on three separate occasions: once at the scene of the accident, once in the ambulance and once at the hospital, according to Fox News.

Each time paramedics and doctors were able to bring him back to life. Before they did, however, Whitley says he experienced the afterlife. This reportedly included “streets of gold,” Jesus, angels and deceased members of his family.

Whitley’s mother, Julie Kemp, recalled the moment she tried to tell her 8-year-old son, who was still recovering from his traumatic injuries in the hospital, that his father was dead.

“I said, ‘Landon, do you know where your dad is at?’” Kemp told CBN. “And he told me, ‘Yes, I know where he’s at, I saw him in heaven.’”

Then came his more astonishing claim.